Jonah Halstead (abt. 1692 - bef. 1762)

Born about 1692 in Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, New York colony

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Denton) Halstead — married 4 Dec 1719 in Reformed Dutch Church, Tappan, New York

Descendants

Died before Apr 1762 before about age 70 in Kakiat, Orange, New York

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Biography

Jonah / Jonas was born about 1692 at Hempstead, Long Island, New York to Timothy Halstead and Abigail Carman. He was married to Martha Denton on 4 December 1719.

Jonas belonged to the Long Island Train band in Hempstead, Orange Co., Long Island, New York. He died before 28 April 1762 at Kakiat, Orange Co., New York, which is the date of probate of his will.

Children:

1. Hannah Halstead, b. 29 January 1721/2, d. 14 May 1804, md. John Coe.^[1]
2. Caleb Halstead, b. 1724, d. 1774, md. Abigail Coe^[1]
3. Jonah Halstead, b. 1726, d. 1798, md. Phebe Smith
4. Abigail Halstead, b. 1728, md. Nicolas Vandervoort^[1]
5. Benjamin Halstead, b. abt. 1734
6. John Halstead,b. 1730, d. 1774, md. 1) Maria Parleman, 2) Maria Smith
7. Martha Halstead, b. abt. 1732
8. Sarah Halstead, b. about 1736, md. Stephen Gurnee^[1]
9. Isaac Halstead, b. abt. 1738

WIll

Jonah Halstead (abt.1692-bef.1762)

"Page 524. In the name of God, Amen, May 14 1754. I, Jonah Halstead, of Orange County, being weak in the body. I leave to my eldest son Caleb 20 shillings, in full bar to his claim as eldest son. I leave to my wife Martha the possession of the house where I live, with the privilege of the kitchen and cellar, while she remains my widow. And my sons, Caleb, Jonah, and John, are to provide her two good cows, "well kept, both summer and winter. Also a horse and side saddle and bridle, "and a full sufficiency of all the lawful necessaries of life, in sickness and in health." "I leave to my son Benjamin 12 (pounds) yearly, and I request it of all my children, and leave it as a charge, to reat him with utmost and kind tenderness, and after the decease of his mother to live with one of his brothers or sisters. I leave to my daughter Martha 18 (pounds) and two cows and a bed, etc. To my daughter, Sarah Gurney, 3 (pounds). To my daughters, Hannah Coe and Abigail Vandervoort, five shillings each. I leave to my wife as much household furniture as she thinks proper. To my son Benjamin a bed and chest. To my son Jonah, a horse and plough and cart. To my son John a horse. All my real estate I leave to my sons, Caleb, Jonah, and john, as follows: Caleb is to have the farm on which he lives, and he shall to endeavor to take any advantage of his other brothers, and shall pay four pounds yearly to Benjamin for his support. I leave to Jonah the place where I now live, which is favored with many conveniences that the place of my son John has not. "and I enjoin him as a father to assist his brother John in his settlement, and let him have apples and cyder for his family for twelve years after his beginning to settle his place for himself." I give to my son John the farm where he now lives. To my son Benjamin my wearing apparell. I make three sons and my son-in-law, John Coe, executors. Witnesses, Thomas Halstead, Henry Halstead, Gershom Rose. Proved at Court of Common Pleas, in Orangetow2n, April 28, 1762, before Agraham Haring, Judge, C. Matthews, Clerk. [Note. Jonah Halstead was one of the Colony from Hempstead, Long Island, who in 1710 purchased the north moiety of the Patent of Kakiat, in Rockland County. He lived in the present town of Ramapo. See "History of Rockland County, N.Y." W. S. P.^[2]

Will Abstract of

"19 May 1759 HALLSTED, Jonah, of Orange Co., yeoman. Wife Martha, sons Caleb, Jonah, John, Benjamin, daughters Martha, Sarah Gurney, Hannah Coe, Abigail van der Voort. Real and personal property. Executors sons Caleb, Jonah and John and son-in-law John Coe. Witnesses Thomas Hallsted, Henry Hallsted and Gershom Rose. Probate 28 April 1762. Calendar of Wills page 185."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Seversmith, Herbert Furman,. Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut : being the ancestry & kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith .... Washington: unknown, 1939-1958. Colonial Families of Long Island, NY and CT - Halstead 1,230 Link at www.Ancestry.com
2. ↑ COLLECTIONS OF THE NEW- YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1897. PUBLICATION FUND SERIES NEW YORK : PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY MDCCCXCVIII., Page 198 of 547
3. ↑ Fernow, Berthold, Calendar of Wills, 1626-1836. (The Colonial Dames of the State of New York, New York 1896) Page 185 Digital Image: Archive.org. (https://archive.org/stream/calendarofwillso01fern#page/184/mode/2up : Accessed 24 Sept. 2017)

• Halstead, William Leon,. The story of the Halsteads of the United States. Ann Arbor, Mich.: W.L. Halstead, 1986. Page 62. The story of the Halstead's of the United States Link at www.Ancestry.com

• Dutch Reformed Church Records from New York and New Jersey. Holland Society of New York, New York, New York. Record Dutch Reformed Church Marriage Records Link at www.Ancestry.com

• https://ia802703.us.archive.org/27/items/calendarofwillso01fern/calendarofwillso01fern.pdf

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Karen Eckstein for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Karen and others.
• This page was created by Gerrie Schneider, WikiTree profile Halstead-569 with biography and sources, on 25 Feb 2015. Go to the Changes tab for the details of edits by Gerrie and others. Thanks to Gerrie Schneider for starting this profile.